but with the election ahead, i believe these markets will keep going up. we dropped a little bit last week, but i think we'll find some support. buyers will come in, and i think october will pretty much be an up month. but if you took the election out of there, i would tend to agree with you. > > will china be in focus today for traders? > > i think people will lose at that certainly. we've been talking a lot about the growth slowing down, if that's what's going on there, because that's an issue, that's going to be in issue here. so certainly this week, and especially today, traders are going to watch that. > > as we face the week ahead, there's a jobs number at the end of the week. what will you be buying or selling ahead of that? > > i really am a big fan of the stock indexes, and i think the stocks indexes can hold support, which will be around the 1430 area, especially in the s&p futures contract. if they hold that area, i think you can buy equities, and i think you can buy stock indexes this week. if they get below that area, then i think you want to